Is there equity in use of healthcare services among immigrants, their descendents, and ethnic Danes?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-270

  Nielsen, Signe S ^a   Waldorff, Frans B ^a   Kreiner, Svend ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a   Hempler, Nana F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access; Denmark; dentist; emergency room; general practitioner; health status; hospitalisation; inequality; migrants; utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861816830     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812443602     Document Type: Article

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